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Luke 6:17. 20-26

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Happy are the poor. Woe to the rich!

Jesus came down with the Twelve and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said:

‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God.

Happy you who are hungry now: you shall be satisfied.

Happy you who weep now: you shall laugh.

‘Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, for then your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

‘But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now.

Alas for you who have your fill now: you shall go hungry.

Alas for you who laugh now: you shall mourn and weep.

‘Alas for you when the world speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.’

Lent

Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday comes from the custom of ringing the Shriving Bell to summon people to Church to be "shriven” that is to confess their sins at the beginning of Lent.  At that time, certain foods were given up for the duration of Lent.  Those foods included egg, milk, meat and rich buttery dishes.  So, on Shrove Tuesday, they used up these foods.  It is from this that the tradition of making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday began. 

The St Joseph's PFA will be providing pancakes for the students next Tuesday to celebrate the tradition of Shrove Tuesday.  

Ash Wednesday

Liturgies will be held in classrooms next Wednesday March 5 to mark the beginning of Lent.  We will once again be supporting Caritas Australia.

This Lent, we are called to Unite Against Poverty through Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion.  Project Compassion donation boxes will be in classrooms as of next week and by donating, you’ll be answering the Gospels’ call to care for our global family and walk alongside the most vulnerable.

Your generous support this Lenten Season will enable Caritas Australia to provide life-changing support to communities facing poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, and water shortages, while building resilience against future challenges. Together, through faith and action, we can bring hope and opportunity to those most in need.

This Sunday's Gospel

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 6:39-45

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

A person speaks from what is in his heart.

Jesus told a parable to his disciples, ‘Can one blind man guide another?  Surely both will fall into a pit?  The disciple is not superior to his teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher.  Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own?  How can you say to your brother, “Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,” when you cannot see the plank in your own? Hypocrite!  Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter that is in your brother’s eye.

‘There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles.  A good man draws what is good from the store of goodness in his heart; a bad man draws what is bad from the store of badness.  For a man’s words flow out of what fills his heart.’

Julie Cornwall

Deputy Principal | Catholic Identity Leader